Electric darning-ball



L. RlTTER. ELECTRIC DARNING BALL. APPLICATION FILED APR.10. 1920.

Patented Aug. 17; 1920.

Sumwtoz [a c i nda fizttezg & Gum MW UNITED STATES LUCINDA. BITTER, 0F RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

ELECTRIC DARNING-BALL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application filed April 10, 1920. Serial No. 372,765.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCINDA Itrr'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county of Riverside and Stateof California, have invented a new and useful Electric Darning-Ball, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved darning device upon which an article to be darned may be supported to sustain the darning point free from the support. A further object is to provide means for illuminating the darning point from the under side.

The accompanying drawing, which is an axial section, illustrates my invention.

In the drawing, 10 indicates a suitable casing having a tubular body adapted to contain a dry cell 11 of ordinary commercial form. At one end casing 10 is provided with a removable cap 12, a spring 13 and terminal 141 of a form common in flash lamps.

At its opposite end casing 10 is preferably flared, as indicated at ,15 and carries a reflector 16, a glass partition 17, a retaining ring 18 and a lamp 19, which is contacted by one terminal of cell 11. At an intermediate point, there is a partition 20, against which the cell abuts, and a terminal 21 connected With the lamp 19. A switch 22 is capable of bridging terminals 13 and 21. i The glass partition 17 is concave, so that an article to be darned, when stretched over the flared end of the casing, will lie free and thus provide a space for the ready passage of the needle. The light from lamp 19, shining through the article, materially facilitates the darning operation.

I claim as my invention:

1. A darning device, comprising a casing containing a lamp, and a transparent end over which an article may be supported, said end being depressed below the end of the casing and covering the lamp.

2. A darning device, comprising a casing containing an electric lamp, a battery, and a transparent end over which an article may be supported, said end being depressed below the end of the casing and covering the lamp.

3. A darning device comprising a casing containing an electric lamp, means for holding a battery in cooperative relationship with said lamp, and a concave lens arranged at the end of said casing over said,

lamp with its concave face outwardly.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Riverside, California, this day of A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

LUCINDA BITTER. 

